By James Moreland
Burke, VA
November 26, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
No times for brakes as the race starts at the top of the hill.
The glorious weather continues to reign (not rain) throughout the busiest weekend of the year. Many runners took a break from the busiest racing day of the year to eat dinner and go out shopping. Friday seemed like Sunday. Then Saturday was almost perfect. Locals even thought it was almost too warm, while a few slender Caribbean transplants announced that anything colder than 70 degrees was too cold.
The sun was already warming up the day as runners lined up just above Burke Lake and released by the magic ‘G’ word plunged down the fast first half mile. From there the course circled around the lake like a necklace with only a few gentle hills. The weather had been dry but not enough to make the gentle layer of leaves crackle. Some of the lead runners played traffic cop and warned unsuspecting hikers that an avalanche of runners would soon be heading their way. Everyone wanted to be out on this day.
Many of the Thanksgiving weekend races are called fun runs as nearly 10% of all the racers for the year come out to play. Still, lots of the top racers are eager to try out their stuff. Early in the race Keith Freeburn, 37, took over the lead duties. Freeburn has been coming on strong for the last year though rarely at the very front of the pack. He knew Rob Bell, 22, was right there with him and that helped propel both of them to very solid times, especially for a course that is half cross country. Right at four miles the runners headed up a steady incline and Bell made his move. The final half mile is mostly a quick downhill but the final 100 meters is the steepest hill on the course. Bell held on to win in 28:42; Freeburn was next in 28:48.
Usually youngsters do best on cross country and, being generally lighter, fly up hills better. Today six of the top 13 men were masters. Fifth place Kevin Lynch, 44, (right)was earliest the top master in 30:06. David Pinnick, 55, commanded the grandmaster field, finishing 20th overall in a swift 33:47.
Looking around the field Laura Ramos, 32, (left) must have felt like the favorite. However, this is a traveling weekend and you never know when a ringer is going to come into town. Olivia Poblacion, 25 of Corvallis, OR came in from the west coast to set the new standard for the event in an excellent 30:59 that made her the eight finisher overall. Ramos followed her in with a very nice 32:42. Before the race Sushila Nanda, 50, smiled and said yes her leg was still bothering her but she had a few more races that she wanted to do before she would fix it. She blasted out with the lead women covering the first mile in about 6:30. After that she settled in some but still had a very nifty 37:14 to finish as the second master and the first runner older than fifty, Cathy Ross was the first master at fourth overall in 34:26. The grandmaster and 20th overall was Janet Janas. Janas is coming off her first WRR Runner Ranking in the fall season.
After the race there were bagels and bananas to go with gallons and gallons of hot coffee with real cream and bottled water. One runner said as he offered his young daughter a cinnamon raisin bagel, “I ran in the race; you eat the food.”
OVERALL MALE (GUN TIME)
Place Num Name Age City Time
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1 212 Rob Bell 22 Gainesville VA 28:42
2 211 Keith Freeburn 37 Centreville VA 28:48
3 232 Adam Roggia 26 Stafford VA 29:47
OVERALL FEMALE (GUN TIME)
Place Num Name Age City Time
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1 109 Olivia Poblacion 25 Corvallis OR 30:59
2 265 Laura Ramos 32 Silver Spring MD 32:42
3 206 Leah Stiegler 21 Vienna VA 33:32
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19 (NET TIME)
1 297 Steven Kool 17 Vienna VA 31:11
2 267 Joe Brough 16 McLean VA 31:25
3 328 Steven Harokopus 15 Vienna VA 36:30
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 19 (NET TIME)
1 319 Tara Landy 18 Burke VA 35:06
2 89 Kayla Grimmett 18 Burke VA 37:02
3 249 Mary Pollin 15 Burke VA 37:16
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29 (NET TIME)
1 207 Jason Dods 22 Vienna VA 33:05
2 55 Alec Rosenman 23 Fairfax Station VA 34:25
3 54 Mark Brier 26 Wilmington DE 35:33
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29 (NET TIME)
1 170 Emily Williams 29 Arlington VA 38:47
2 53 Lauren Rosenman 25 Fairfax Station VA 38:49
3 163 Heather Hunter 25 Fairfax VA 40:47
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39 (NET TIME)
1 85 Michael Feeney 34 Burke VA 29:59
2 359 Frank Gold 34 Warrenton VA 30:28
3 345 Oscar Tiglao 34 Lorton VA 31:48
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39 (NET TIME)
1 397 Laura Barringer 35 Fairfax VA 38:41
2 269 Mary Blair 32 Springfield VA 39:08
3 281 Romana Johnson 37 Dumfries VA 39:22
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49 (NET TIME)
1 331 Kevin Lynch 44 Chantilly VA 30:04
2 30 Dennis Billings 42 Woodbridge VA 30:54
3 322 Matt Anderson 45 Fairfax VA 31:04
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49 (NET TIME)
1 73 Cathy Ross 40 Burke VA 34:25
2 136 Barbara Murillo 46 Fairfax VA 39:20
3 338 Mary Maver 46 Springfield VA 39:57
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59 (NET TIME)
1 370 David Pinnick 55 Manassas VA 33:44
2 233 Myron Kremer 54 Winchester VA 36:09
3 80 Malcolm Carlyle 54 Leesburg VA 36:17
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59 (NET TIME)
1 324 Sushila Nanda 50 Arlington VA 37:13
2 155 Janet Janas 50 Clifton VA 41:04
3 61 Cynthia Martin 54 Springfield VA 41:13
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69 (NET TIME)
1 35 Robert Taylor 61 Alexandria VA 38:11
2 364 Jim Avila 63 Arlington VA 42:12
3 246 Rick Rice 65 Burke VA 43:56
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69 (NET TIME)
1 263 Carolyn Rice 66 Burke VA 45:18
2 259 Kathryn Fanelli 62 Annandale VA 1:00:39
3 4 Nancie Becker 61 Rockville MD 1:16:59
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 99 (NET TIME)
1 10 Chan Robbins 74 Arlington VA 40:58
2 111 Robert Gurtler 76 The Plains VA 53:01
3 226 Dick Nanto 70 Clifton VA 1:01:11
The final climb to the finish was no “walk in the park.”
By James Moreland
Reston, VA
October 8, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Running is a sport for the young and even more so the young at heart. Running in races has increased every year in the last decade. With the economic down turn in the last few years, runners are coming out in even greater numbers. The annual Great Pumpkin 5K was blessed with a picture perfect autumn day and brought out big time racing numbers. Waiting for the race to start, one runner asked another if she was going to race with her. “Oh no, I don’t really run. I just came out for the fun.” The reply was, “Well next year, I will run with you.” The oldest runner of the race was Larry Dickerson, 80. He was wearing a bright yellow pair of running shoes that enviously caught the eye of one of the youngsters. Dickerson always near the top of the rankings, smiled and said, “I’ll will them to you.”
Colorful costumes were on display. One runner at the front of the pack was painted like a Halloween skeleton. Further back in the pack a woman was decked out in a full Batman costume. The Oktoberfest celebration at the Reston Town Center was set for the whole weekend with the race as a centerpiece. This year the late summer rains did a number on the pumpkin crop, so we missed out on a giant pumpkin like the half ton monster at the 2009 event. Still, there was lots of smaller pumpkin, often with faces designed on them.
Top ranked Henry Wigglesworth, 54, had scouted the course and found it to his liking. He was looking for another sub 17:00 minute race. A number of the older runners such as Jean Christophe Arcaz, 50, and Steve Robinson, 56, (coming back from a year layoff), were looking for some competition to spur on the fast times on a perfect racing morn. The first two, Wigglesworth (17:15) and Arcaz (17:44), both finished in the top eight overall. Arcaz noted that the top three just disappeared. He knew he would have to work hard to catch Wigglesworth. Wigglesworth noted after the race that he would have preferred Arcaz up on his shoulder pushing him to a faster time. He had been really impressed by Arcaz’s Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (He had been first in 58:48). “Sub 60:00 is pretty good!” he exclaimed.
Third grandmaster Peter Cini (18:58) speculated that Arcaz was better the longer the race. Both he and Wigglesworth discussed where the best (fastest) 5Ks might be found. Late October offered one of the best choices at the Valvoline Instant Oil Change Goblin Gallop 5k & 1k Fun Run in Fairfax, VA at the end of the month. Robinson was so eager to be back on the circuit that he ran out quickly with the top dogs. After the race he was ecstatic. “I was hoping to break 21:00 and I almost broke 20:00,” he said with a wide grin of his new 55-59 event record in 20:05. Amazingly, after Wigglesworth’s 17:15 record, the next two fastest grandmaster age groups were set in the first year (2009) by Jason Page, 64, (19:27) and Bill Joyce, 65, (19:58). The master record was set by open class runner Ray Pugsley in 15:28.
The first year was Steve Magness upset reigning rankings champion Steve Crane by fifty meters in 15:05. The next year the course changed a bit and the top two runners dipped under 15:00 with third place Frank DeVar just missing in 15:03. This year the clear favorite was Abiyot Endale (left). In the spring he upped his game racing three of the fastest 10Ks in the region, finishing in the top three every time. His slaying of the field at the Pike’s Peek 10K in 28:19 gave a strong hint that Gurmessa Megeressa’s event record of 14:51 would soon be history. Today three more age groups would break 15:00 minutes. Looking relaxed, Endale always seems to be toying with the competition, winning easily in 14:25. Second place Girma Desta at thirty-five is still racing in excellent form for a marvelous 44:44. DeVar was again third but this time it was also the third fastest event time in 14:48.
There was cash for the top three overall but for some reason they decided not to pass out age group prizes on race day. Endale (89.5%) led five runners with age graded performances higher than 87%. Dee Nelson, 68, was third overall at 88:1% with her 24:45 finish.
In the women’s race Kayley Byrne, 23, took over early and won in a sparkling 19:05. The next two places were decided later in the race. Runner-up Karina Lubell posted a 19:44 with Tiffany Hevner not far behind in 19:56. Of the first dozen runners these two, at 31, were the only ones older than thirty. Last week at the McLean 5k Jen Norris (right) was fourth overall and top master. (The overall winner was Win Persian, 51,). That course was a similar rolling course with turns but it featured some misty showers that turned torrential for those who lingered on the course. Today Norris plowed ahead for the top masters spot in 22:20. Not far behind her were the top two grandmasters. Sushila Nanda, 50, ran a very credible 22:33 for the event record. She also stopped about every half mile with leg cramps. She started up again as some of the slower runners caught up. After the raced she was thanking them for helping to pace her. “I saw one woman who I thought might be in my age group and I wanted to beat her.” That runner was 55-year-old Elizabeth Baumgarten who just missed catching her in 22:37. That gave her the second highest age graded rating for the women at a national class 79.9%.
Female runners comprised 59% of the field. With all the racing competition of forty races a weekend and the massive Army 10 miler on tap tomorrow, the numbers were less than might have been expected for this wonderful race. Still, there were 1100 timed finishers, plus untimed runners as well. The kids’ race consisted of hundreds of little ones divided by age with four different colors of bibs.
Many volunteers worked long and hard to make this event work. Race morning started at 3:00 a.m. to get everything in place for the runners. At packet pickup whole families came out to help deliver the goods to the racers. On Friday, the Chen family had three young boys about 6 to 11 years old. They quickly took over the jobs with alacrity. Mom was able to just watch most of the time. The youngest made sure everyone got an Anthem bag while the oldest diligently marked off bibs before dispensing with the shirts. They really went to town when they got the chance to stuff the bag with race fliers, the more the merrier. Once a packet of fliers was finished they reached for more, exulting when more were provided. After the pick-up closed for the evening, we surprised them with an early Halloween, a bag of chocolate candies. It is a safe bet they will be back net year.
FEMALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 467 Kayley Byrne 23 Oak Hill VA 19:05 19:03 6:08
2 1221 Karina Lubell 31 Washington DC 19:44 19:44 6:22
3 846 Tiffany Hevner 31 Columbia MD 19:56 19:56 6:25
MALE OVERALL
Place Num Name Ag City Gun T Net T Pace
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1 3 Abiyot Endale 26 Bronx NY 14:25 14:25 4:39
2 2 Girma Desta 35 Washington DC 14:44 14:44 4:45
3 1 Joseph Devar 23 Washington DC 14:48 14:47 4:46
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 12
1 1135 Emily Landeryou 12 Reston VA 22:22 22:16 7:10
2 613 Kate Brunotts 11 Ashburn VA 25:22 25:21 8:10
3 1134 Sophia Landeryou 9 Reston VA 25:55 25:47 8:18
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 1 - 12
1 669 Ian Whitfield 9 Potomac Falls VA 20:42 20:42 6:40
2 660 Joshua Kay 11 Leesburg VA 23:08 22:46 7:20
3 1217 Owen Walker 12 Reston VA 24:13 24:13 7:48
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 13 - 15
1 1177 Mary Pollin 14 Burke VA 22:07 21:58 7:04
2 1157 Morgan Witcock 13 Herndon VA 22:26 22:26 7:14
3 938 Kacey Hirshfeld 15 Reston VA 24:07 24:03 7:45
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 13 - 15
1 719 Lewis Millholland 15 Falls Church VA 17:50 17:50 5:45
2 1191 Mikey Peterson 14 21:32 21:27 6:54
3 1218 Eli Lifland 13 Fairfax VA 22:30 22:10 7:08
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 16 - 19
1 780 Erin Geraghty 19 Woodbridge VA 20:50 20:50 6:43
2 1210 Gabrielle Merritt 16 Elon NC 21:55 21:55 7:04
3 483 Lisa Bell 18 Vienna VA 24:38 24:35 7:55
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 16 - 19
1 1184 Chris Zapple 19 Falls Church VA 18:02 18:02 5:49
2 1208 Zachary Dailey 16 Great Falls VA 18:20 18:18 5:54
3 1068 John Tiernan 16 Reston VA 20:12 20:02 6:27
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 1183 Natalie Anble 22 Fairfax VA 20:29 20:29 6:36
2 482 Julie Bell 21 Vienna VA 20:53 20:50 6:43
3 504 Amara Lewis 23 Alexandria VA 21:00 20:54 6:44
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 20 - 24
1 873 James McLaughlin 23 Herndon VA 20:11 20:06 6:29
2 1058 Nate Perry 23 Herndon VA 20:12 20:07 6:29
3 1250 Benjamin Burnheimer 24 Ashburn VA 20:58 20:57 6:45
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 785 Stephanie Manchin 27 Arlington VA 22:10 21:26 6:54
2 763 Melanie Clairy 29 Reston VA 22:14 21:39 6:58
3 841 Jayme Dorsett 25 Reston VA 23:37 23:07 7:27
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 25 - 29
1 65 Charlie Ban 29 McLean VA 16:15 16:15 5:14
2 939 Andrew Ciarfalia 28 Reston VA 16:55 16:55 5:27
3 424 Sean McLaughlin 25 Centreville VA 17:28 17:28 5:38
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 708 Dana Drever 34 Ashburn VA 23:56 23:23 7:32
2 862 Karen Preston 34 Ashburn VA 24:59 24:35 7:55
3 681 Jessica Sartorius 34 Vienna VA 25:52 25:52 8:20
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 30 - 34
1 311 Dan Petouvis 33 Fairfax VA 18:10 18:09 5:51
2 684 Titus Mott 34 Reston VA 19:44 19:41 6:20
3 1027 Auberde Merilan 31 Reston VA 20:35 20:30 6:36
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 1067 Paula Knepper 38 Reston VA 23:02 23:00 7:24
2 1003 Tia Roy 36 Ashburn VA 23:34 23:25 7:33
3 692 Holly Khatchadurian 37 Reston VA 24:03 23:55 7:42
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 35 - 39
1 1196 Joshua Doan 37 Arlington VA 18:37 18:36 5:59
2 748 Glen Case 36 Ashburn VA 18:52 18:51 6:04
3 107 Michael Rohlf 36 Washington DC 19:25 19:25 6:15
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 824 Jen Norris 40 McLean VA 22:20 22:14 7:10
2 1141 Jill Jaggard 43 Great Falls VA 23:42 23:42 7:38
3 184 Terry Short 40 Reston VA 25:04 24:22 7:51
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 40 - 44
1 1147 Tom Powers 43 Chevy Chase MD 19:11 19:10 6:10
2 1143 Shawn Flaherty 40 Herndon VA 19:54 19:54 6:25
3 1109 Matt Tourville 40 Alexandria VA 21:35 21:35 6:57
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 937 Diana Hirshfeld 45 Reston VA 24:08 24:04 7:45
2 776 Chana Richitt 47 Manassas VA 25:30 24:05 7:46
3 1146 Suzanne Powers 45 Reston VA 25:04 24:43 7:57
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 45 - 49
1 818 Robert Sichau 47 Alexandria VA 20:15 20:09 6:30
2 1105 Thomas Marks 45 Ashburn VA 20:31 20:31 6:36
3 1046 Robert Barlow 45 Reston VA 21:02 21:02 6:47
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 1043 Sushila Nanda 50 Arlington VA 22:33 22:33 7:16
2 886 Carla Freyvogel 54 McLean VA 23:59 23:58 7:43
3 419 Daniela Micsan 52 Reston VA 26:03 25:59 8:22
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 50 - 54
1 1004 Henry Wigglesworth 53 Washington DC 17:15 17:15 5:34
2 1170 Jean-Christophe Arcaz 50 Rockville MD 17:44 17:44 5:43
3 1187 Peter Cini 53 Fairfax VA 18:58 18:58 6:07
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 396 Elizabeth Baumgarten 55 Stone Ridge VA 22:37 22:35 7:16
2 990 Cindy Beyer 55 Reston VA 24:59 24:49 7:59
3 553 Peggy Corley 55 Fairmont WV 25:01 25:01 8:04
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 55 - 59
1 1207 Steve Robinson 56 Oak Hill VA 20:05 20:05 6:28
2 1239 Kenyon Erickson 57 Vienna VA 20:31 20:29 6:36
3 1169 Rod Devan 58 Alexandria VA 20:50 20:47 6:42
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 1055 Catherine Kemper 60 Des Moines IA 28:59 28:53 9:18
2 403 Jane Blong 61 Potomac MD 34:49 34:45 11:11
3 147 Linda Echard 60 Reston VA 36:22 35:40 11:29
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 60 - 64
1 1059 Jack Kehoe 63 Burke VA 25:08 25:05 8:05
2 550 Ting-Yi Oei 62 Reston VA 27:42 26:25 8:30
3 831 Jack Harvey 60 Centreville VA 26:53 26:45 8:37
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 1220 Dee Nelson 68 Gaithersburg MD 24:45 24:45 7:58
2 1112 Rebecca Brown 67 McLean VA 36:06 34:38 11:09
3 1037 Feryal Barakat 67 Rockville MD 57:45 56:32 18:12
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 65 - 69
1 509 Fred Kohut 66 Cold Spring NY 32:51 32:11 10:22
FEMALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 1128 Abigail Edwards 71 Reston VA 40:34 39:09 12:36
2 1251 Yuidgard Deitrich 70 Washington DC 43:52 41:43 13:26
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 70 - 74
1 676 John Gluck 74 Alexandria VA 25:04 24:58 8:02
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 75 - 79
1 246 An Duong 75 Centreville VA 32:18 30:59 9:59
2 592 Bendy Viragh 77 Washington DC 32:38 32:30 10:28
3 976 Dick Coogan 79 McLean VA 38:27 38:01 12:14
MALE AGE GROUP: NET TIME 80 - 99
1 408 Larry Dickerson 80 Burke VA 28:43 28:36 9:13
By James Moreland
Kensington, MD
September 24, 2011
For the Washington Running Report
Julie Sapper finishes fourth overall.
Walking down Fawcett Avenue in old town Kensington towards the start of the race, two young kids were talking about the race. One said, “There must be a thousand runners here today,” “No way,” replied the older one. She was wrong and the little boy was right. The event has three parts and three different starts off the circular Carroll Place. At 7:45 a.m. close to five hundred 2 mile walkers and runners headed south around the circle. At 8:30 a.m., the main event 8K bolted from the south side of the Noyes Library toward Connecticut Avenue. They would cross the finish line for the first time at just less than a half mile. Three minutes after they got under way, the 1K fun run charged after them from the north side of the library.
Nearly everyone was in a good mood on the cool but humid morning for the first racing weekend of the fall. There were a couple of the hundreds of young runners that got overwhelmed by the pressure but all the fun runners collected a beaded necklace at the finish. Dry your eyes and keep on running. The rain rumored to be done around ten, missed the event entirely.
Many of the runners had run the Run! Geek! Run! 8K last week in West Potomac Park. All of them found the 4th mile hill on East Bexhill that climbed parallel to the Mormon Temple Hill shut out any possibly of matching last week’s time. The race in its 18th year also had many returning runners. Perhaps the most often seen face is women’s winner Cindy Conant, 50, of Kensington, MD. She admitted to knowing the course very well. After all she had run the race every year since at least 2002. She moved up to fifth in 2004 and after that never finished lower than second overall, winning in 2006 as well. This year when she won it all again was her fastest time of any of those years as she dipped under 32 to finish in 31:59. That was 17thrunner overall.
Edi Turco had run the Geek race, finishing solidly in fifth place in 26:55. Today in his 25th race since Memorial Day he battled Gareth Alberto and Steven Moore through most of the flat first three miles. By the time he charged past the starting line at 4.5 miles he knew he had the win. The final 100 meters up Armory Drive he weaved back and forth waving to the crowd. Alberto had a closer battle and charged through in 27:56 just ahead of Moore’s 28:04. Keith Freeburn has not been racing a long time so he did not know that he was supposed to slow down on a hilly course and nearly matched his Geek time with a very solid 28:53.
After Conant finished there was a bit of a wait by the next three women rushed in like a fast conga line, behind each other but weaving up and back in an effort to change places. Trish Stone, 36, held the runner-up spot and ahead of Sandra Bonilla, 35, by three seconds 32:47 to 32:50. Fourth place Julie Sapper, 39, of Rockville was tops in her division.
While eight of the top nine women were from Kensington or Rockville, many runners came from as far away as Richmond (70-74 age group winner Mary Kate Berglund confessed that she has family in Kensington) and Fayetteville, PA, home of 79-year-old Bob Archibald. The oldest finisher in the race was Eileen Hobsongarcia, 81, who was joined by a contingency also from San Pedro, CA.
There race awards go three deep in ten year age groups but first there was a top master. Jean Christophe Arcaz had been at the race for the last six years. Often he finished just close enough to touch the shoulder of Ted Poulos just ahead of him. Always both of them finished faster than 29:00. This year Arcaz, now 50, gutted out the final yards to hold off Dan‘imal’ Murphy (left) 29:43 to 29:58 to win fifth overall and the top master award. Last year he had been fifth in 28:54 with Poulos tops in 28:51 and Murphy winning second age group in 29:26.
The top women master after Conant’s overall victory was Kris Barner, 46 of Rockville in 36:44. After that there were some amazing age group times. The grandmaster women were all just 50, led by Sushila Nanda. Nanda has 14 age group victories since Memorial Day. For the men Roland Rust, 59, is taking his last few races in the fifties very serious, putting all the younger grandmasters away with a marvelous 31:09. Alice Franks put away the 60-69 women by more than a mile in 40:43. She gave us a pretty smile and said humbly something like, ‘The times aren’t very fast but after all we are just running for fun.’
Fourth place Keith Freeburn proudly noted that his mother Susan finished third in her division. Skip Grant, 76 of Washington, DC ran an amazing 40:53 to top his division.
Before, during, and after the races Poison Ivy was the band playing music in the adjoining park.
Awards Listing (No Duplicate Prizes)
FEMALE
Place Num Name Ag City Time
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1 114 Cindy Conant 50 Kensington MD 31:59
2 487 Trish Stone 36 Kensington MD 32:47
3 61 Sandra Bonilla 35 Kensington MD 32:50
MALE
Place Num Name Ag City Time
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1 517 Edi Turco 38 Arlington VA 27:41
2 13 Gareth Alberto 32 Annandale VA 27:56
3 348 Steven Moore 33 Kensington MD 28:04
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 99
1 42 Kris Barner 46 Rockville MD 36:44
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 99
1 24 Jean-Christophe Arc 50 Rockville MD 29:43
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 12
1 757 Adriana Rosas 11 Silver Spring MD 38:33
2 253 London Kazor 2 Kensington MD 44:52
3 80 Jordan Bryon 12 Alexandria VA 49:44
4 133 Maddie Deye 12 Kensington MD 53:50
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 - 12
1 134 Brian Diamond 12 Bethesda MD 43:07
2 83 Andrew Burklow 12 Kensington MD 45:35
3 476 Kemper Stearns 11 Kensington MD 46:50
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 13 - 19
1 496 Taylor Swift 17 Rockville MD 33:33
2 92 Sarah Caggiano 13 Bethesda MD 36:58
3 265 Charlotte Kirwan 17 Bethesda MD 38:25
MALE AGE GROUP: 13 - 19
1 236 Mark Jacobson 15 Rockville MD 31:32
2 266 Lewis Kirwan 13 Bethesda MD 33:29
3 100 Kasey Carroll 13 Bethesda MD 34:41
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
1 169 Miranda Forte 26 Gaithersburg MD 35:54
2 567 Chelsea Gibson 22 Bethesda MD 37:04
3 37 Briana Balsam 27 Gaithersburg MD 38:02
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29
1 637 Micheal Fizdale 23 Bowie MD 31:44
2 151 Alex Emery 23 Rockville MD 32:11
3 331 Chris McGrath 23 Burtonsville MD 32:21
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
1 739 Julie Sapper 39 Rockville MD 32:53
2 127 Anne Delp 36 Kensington MD 35:36
3 257 Ellen Kennedy 39 Kensington MD 36:40
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39
1 173 Keith Freeburn 37 Centreville VA 28:53
2 754 Marco Rosas Galicia 36 Silver Spring MD 30:01
3 610 Daniel Shanley 37 Chevy Chase MD 31:45
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
1 170 Lisa Fox 41 Bethesda MD 37:25
2 11 Ann Adkinson 42 Chevy Chase MD 39:20
3 582 Beth Krupinski 44 Kensington MD 40:47
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49
1 352 Dan Murphy 47 Bethesda MD 29:57
2 22 Matt Anderson 45 Fairfax VA 31:06
3 21 Mark Anderson 45 Burtonsville MD 31:11
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59
1 359 Sushila Nanda 50 Arlington VA 37:07
2 628 Patty Tschideser 50 Chevy Chase MD 39:02
3 627 Babby Landon 50 Chevy Chase MD 40:55
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59
1 431 Roland Rust 59 Bethesda MD 31:09
2 737 Peter Cini 53 Fairfax VA 31:28
3 393 David Pinnick 54 Manassas VA 33:14
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69
1 171 Alice Franks 63 Rockville MD 40:33
2 111 Vallerie Codrington 60 Lanham MD 48:43
3 174 Susan Freeburn 60 Kensington MD 1:00:13
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69
1 110 Joe Coblentz 61 Silver Spring MD 42:19
2 74 Pim Brouwers 63 Silver Spring MD 45:51
3 303 Alan Madison 62 Gaithersburg MD 46:35
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 79
1 49 Mary Kate Berglund 70 Richmond VA 57:19
2 765 Jamie Wollard 73 Rockville MD 1:11:53
MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 79
1 619 Skip Grant 76 Chevy Chase MD 40:51
2 498 Nils Borje Tallroth 70 Bethesda MD 48:12
3 25 Bob Archibald 79 Fayetteville PA 48:51
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99
1 223 Eileen Hobsongarcia 81 San Pedro CA 1:30:57
MALE AGE GROUP: 80 - 99
1 333 Jack McMahon 80 Silver Spring MD 49:27
